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[The camera starts recording, showing the interior of what looks to be a cabin, only illuminated by the glow of an oil lamp standing on the table. A (currently hatless) man is sitting in front of a large loom where part of a large tapestry hangs, using his knife to spread the threads so he can use them to weave them into knots and such.]

[He finally turns to the camera, calm blue eyes creased in a benevolent expression.]

You know, it's rather interesting. Some people believe their lives are governed by fate, and others say that they're free to do what they want. Some say it's futile to do anything, and others disagree, saying your can change your future as much as you want to.

[He turns towards his loom again, cutting out a troublesome thread, before speaking again.]

But what most everyone agrees on is that life is made of choices. You are where you are now because you decided to go a certain way, talk to a certain person, see a certain thing...

I believe everyone has a choice. It just depends on how you use it.

[And he smiles at the camera.] So, I'm curious, people of Vatheon...what sort of choices have you experienced in your lives?

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Like who?

WELL
NOW THAT I THINK ON IT, I GUESS THERE'S NOT ANYONE I HATE THAT BADLY AROUND RIGHT NOW.
THERE HAS BEEN BEFORE BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONE.
AND THE PEOPLE I'D MISS ARE OBVIOUS ENOUGH IN CONCEPT
FRIENDS, QUADRANT FILLERS, ETC ETC.

Edited 2011-09-13 03:41 (UTC)

Quadrant fillers? I think I heard Lea mention something about that...

They're like your romantic partners, aren't they?

YEAH.
QUADRANTS ARE OUR FORMS OF ROMANCE, FOUR OF THEM OBVIOUSLY.
THEY'RE MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOUR HUMAN ROMANCE AND I HAVE A GUIDE UP IN CASE YOU WANT TO LEARN THE DETAILS.

I would like to if you would provide it to me.

IT'S OVER HERE.
IT'S LONG BUT IT LAYS OUT WHAT EACH THING IS, SO DON'T BITCH.
ALSO IGNORE THE THING ABOUT CONCILIATORY ROMANCE NOT BEING PLATONIC, BECAUSE PAST ME IS A DIPSHIT WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCKING WORD MEANT.
WHAT I MEANT WAS, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE MATING FONDNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CONCUPISCENT ROMANCE, IT IS ROMANCE ALL THE SAME
RATHER THAN SOME SPECIALIZED FORM OF FRIENDSHIP LIKE YOU HUMANS MIGHT OTHERWISE THINK.

Edited 2011-09-14 04:01 (UTC)

[Just. Spends a while looking at it.]

...Your culture is very complicated when it comes to relationships. However, I can understand why it is the way it is. Human beings also have complicated relationships, but we have no name for most of them.

MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOURS.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE HATE-BASED ROMANCE.
BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THEM THEN THAT'S MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO.

unus

[Video, filtered] going to get passive agressive on me, Karkat? :Ic

[TEXT, filtered] nope - also get out Rose

[Video, filtered] we mean it Rose.

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[TEXT, filtered] whoops, should have said text in the subject of the last one too.

[Video, filtered] No problem, I didn't even notice. XD

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